Some thoughts on the recent election: Readers

Some thoughts on the recent election

To all 369,000 registered voters in El Paso and anyone seeking political office:

Voters, you should be ashamed of yourselves for not getting out to vote in every election. There is no excuse in not doing so.

Anyone seeking elected office should stick to the issues at hand and not bring up things from the past on your opponent; it only makes you look silly.

We should take pride in our city elections by increasing voter participation for every election. I have 100 percent voting participation and very proud of it.

Richard Madrigal

East Side

Superintendent’s political actions are questionable

I read the recent story on El Paso Independent School District Superintendent Juan Cabrera and board President Dori Fenenbock’s congressional campaign. Hasn't EPISD been in enough trouble?

Here we go. Dirty politics for Beto O’Rourke's seat has begun. Worst of all, the candidates lining up for his position already hold prestigious positions in our government and school institutions.

Lindsey Anderson did a great job covering the issue. I see posturing for O’Rourke's position and there is going to be a dog fight. Some people need to keep their big mouths shut except in places where they are lawfully allowed. Discussing politics at EPISD business meetings should not be allowed, especially while utilizing tax payer resources.

Board members are normally influential people and oftentimes have significant resources. They know people. They have access to or possess money. Seeds are being planted.

I would recommend working on EPISD issues. You can start by over-watching that last school bond issue. El Paso politics are rotten. Someone from the Texas Education Agency needs to lean in on this one now.

Roy Gray

West Side

Trump’s failings put our nation in tough spot

President and master of the vicious and unsubstantiated tweet Donald Trump is now under investigation for various actions whether he likes it or not.

We now face the most serious crisis yet – do we want a president who is a liar and grand narcissist who is in the White House only for personal gain relieved from office, or Vice President Mike Pence, a radical evangelical fundamentalist who will turn the country over to McConnell and Ryan and go on a crusade against anyone or anything that he finds objectionable according to his right-wing religious views?

We are going down a rabbit hole so fast not even Lewis Carroll could have imagined.

Now we are really in a fix as our country slips deeper and deeper into the abyss of irrelevance.

Charlie Mayer

West Side

Consider arena, new Sun Bowl on old Asarco land

I will add my two cents worth on arena proposal.

The Sun Bowl is very old and needs very expensive repairs. Perhaps UTEP would consider demolishing it and building a new research building at this location. A new Sun Bowl could be constructed on the recently purchased Asarco site for nearly the same dollars required to repair/refurbish the existing Sun Bowl.

The city could enter into an agreement to lease from UTEP land near the new Sun Bowl, utilizing common parking. This negates the city spending dollars to make ready land as currently planned for the arena, providing money to increase the arena seating capacity to a minimum of 18,000, which should have been the goal originally.

Traffic flow for both the Sun Bowl and the arena would be better in that ingress/egress should be easily built to utilize both Paisano and I-10.

It seems wiser to delay the arena project until it can be done in the best manner possible and with more than the 12,000 seating capacity we already have at the Don Haskins Center.

Duane Coleman

Santa Teresa

A few words and you know who I’m talking about

Don't you find it interesting that if I start to describe someone as an obnoxious liar, an egoist, a blowhard, a tactless oaf, a braggart, a bully, an uninformed dolt, and a person who disrespects women, I don't need to give you a name?